AMHERST STREET

(an MIT variation of Gerry Rafferty's BAKER STREET)

(Amherst street is part of a long walk from the AI lab to many west campus dorms,
including Tang Hall where many 1st year graduate students live.)
("Tooling" is MIT jargon for studying.)
(Guitar suggestion: strum A^ chords from high to low strings, once per line, let ring.)

Intro; signature sax solo;

   A^
      Winding your way down [Amherst] Street                    [Baker]
   A^
      Light in your head, and dead on your feet
            Em                    G 
      Well another crazy day, you [tool] the night away         [drink]
             D
      And forget [almost] everything                            [about]

   A^
      This city desert makes you feel so cold, it's got
   A^
      So many people, but it's got no soul
               Em                    G
      And it's taken you so long, to find out you were wrong
               D
      When you thought it held everything.

          Dm7                       Am7
      You used to think that it was so easy
          Dm7                     Am7
      You used to say that it was so easy
          C              G               D
      But you're tryin',   you're tryin' now

       Dm7                        Am7
      Another year and then you'd be happy
           Dm7                          Am7
      Just one more year and then you'd be happy
          C              G               A
      But you're cryin',   you're cryin' now

Interlude: signature sax solo

   A^
      Way down the [hall] there's a light in his place          [street]
   A^ 
      You open the door, he's got that look on his face
             Em                              G     
      And he asks you where you've been, you tell him who you've seen 
              D
      And you talk about anything

   A^
      He's got this dream about buyin' some land, he's gonna 
   A^
      Give up the [toolin'] and the [all] night stands          [booze,one]
          Em                             G
      And then he'll settle down, it's a quiet little town
             D
      And forget about everything.

          Dm7                   Am7
      But you know he'll always keep [toolin']                  [movin']
          Dm7              Am7
      You know he'll never stop [toolin']                       [movin']
             C             G                  D
      'Cause he's rollin',   he's the rolling stone

          Dm7                        Am7
      And when you [look] up, it's a new morning                [wake]
          Dm7                    Am7
      The sun is shining, it's a new morning
          C             G              A
      And you're goin',   you're goin' home

Closing: sax solo; intro; guitar solo; sax solo over intro